The Number of the Beast
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The Number of the Beast is a landmark 1982 heavy metal album by Iron Maiden, renowned for its powerful vocals, twin-guitar harmonies, and controversial, apocalyptic themes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Number of the Beast canonical | 3 |
| Number of the Beast | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5875625 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Number of the Beast Context triple: [Iron Maiden, notableWork, The Number of the Beast]
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A.
Spearhead
Spearhead is the nickname of the U.S. 3rd Armored Division, a famed American armored unit noted for its rapid, leading role in European campaigns during World War II.
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B.
Steel Wheels
Steel Wheels is a late-1980s studio album by The Rolling Stones that marked the band’s commercial and critical resurgence and launched a major world tour.
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C.
Violator: The Album
Violator: The Album is a hip hop compilation showcasing various prominent rap artists associated with the Violator management and record label.
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D.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" is a 1973 heavy metal album by Black Sabbath, widely regarded as a creative peak for the band due to its darker themes and more complex, experimental sound.
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E.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes is a late, enigmatic stage play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, guilt, and complicity through fragmented dialogue and unsettling power dynamics between two characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Number of the Beast Target entity description: The Number of the Beast is a landmark 1982 heavy metal album by Iron Maiden, renowned for its powerful vocals, twin-guitar harmonies, and controversial, apocalyptic themes.
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A.
Spearhead
Spearhead is the nickname of the U.S. 3rd Armored Division, a famed American armored unit noted for its rapid, leading role in European campaigns during World War II.
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B.
Steel Wheels
Steel Wheels is a late-1980s studio album by The Rolling Stones that marked the band’s commercial and critical resurgence and launched a major world tour.
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C.
Violator: The Album
Violator: The Album is a hip hop compilation showcasing various prominent rap artists associated with the Violator management and record label.
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D.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" is a 1973 heavy metal album by Black Sabbath, widely regarded as a creative peak for the band due to its darker themes and more complex, experimental sound.
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E.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes is a late, enigmatic stage play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, guilt, and complicity through fragmented dialogue and unsettling power dynamics between two characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heavy metal album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Iron Maiden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificationUK | Platinum ⓘ |
| certificationUS | Platinum ⓘ |
| chartPositionUK | 1 ⓘ |
| considered | landmark heavy metal album ⓘ |
| containsMusicalFeature |
high-pitched vocals
ⓘ
twin-guitar harmonies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| featuresBassist | Steve Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Eddie (Iron Maiden mascot) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDrummer | Clive Burr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresGuitarist |
Adrian Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dave Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresVocalist | Bruce Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Piece of Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Killers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | heavy metal ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtBy | Derek Riggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
22 Acacia Avenue
ⓘ
Children of the Damned NERFINISHED ⓘ Gangland ⓘ Hallowed Be Thy Name NERFINISHED ⓘ Invaders NERFINISHED ⓘ Run to the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ The Number of the Beast (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Prisoner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later heavy metal bands ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | New Wave of British Heavy Metal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 40 minutes ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Hallowed Be Thy Name
NERFINISHED
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Run to the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ The Number of the Beast (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseDate | 1982-03-22 ⓘ |
| performer | Iron Maiden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Martin Birch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1982 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Capitol Records
ⓘ
EMI ⓘ Harvest Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantFor |
commercial breakthrough for Iron Maiden
ⓘ
first Iron Maiden album with Bruce Dickinson as lead vocalist ⓘ |
| theme |
apocalyptic imagery
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occult references ⓘ religious controversy ⓘ |
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Number of the Beast